Steny Hoyer: Dems still back Obamacare

The No. 2 House Democrat said that despite the “disappointing” rollout of Obamacare, the party still stands behind the health care law and that its “substance is good for America’s health care.”

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the launch is not “politically the highpoint for the Affordable Care Act.” But “any view that Democrats have decided that the Affordable Care Act is not an important piece of legislation that’s going to be good for the American people and for America is incorrect. I think there’s still that broad-based feeling and commitment.”

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“It’s had a rough rollout, to say the least, that’s disappointing,” Hoyer said in his weekly meeting with reporters. “But it doesn’t undermine the fact that at its basis the Affordable Care Act will provide millions and millions of people with access to affordable, quality health care.”

The comments come as congressional Republicans continue to try to keep the health care law’s woes in the public eye.